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    <td width="584" height="247"><h1 align="center">Luvox</h1>
      <p align="justify"><strong>The History of Luvox:</strong> One of the members 
        of the selective serotonin re uptake inhibitor family, Luvox is an obsessive 
        compulsive disorder medication which was created by Solvay and approved 
        by the FDA in December of 1994.</p>
      <p align="justify"> <strong>Luvox caution:</strong> Although each SSRI manufacture 
        admit they do not know how their respective drugs work, each claim that 
        they help to correct a &#8220;chemical imbalance of the brain.&#8221; 
        If an SSRI is prescribed in the wrong dosage it may cause severe side 
        effects.</p>
      <p align="justify"><strong>Luvox and Columbine:</strong> Luvox is the drug 
        which was prescribed to Eric Harris, one of the two teenaged gunmen at 
        Columbine. While few can entirely blame his actions on his prescription, 
        many people have complained about emotional numbness and loss of control 
        due to SSRI prescriptions.</p>
      <p align="justify">Family members of the Colorado incident sued Solvay and 
        suffice it to say they no longer manufacture this drug. The stigmatism 
        and negative light this drug shined on the SSRI industry made it an extreme 
        liability. Today the other SSRIs are still commonly prescribed as if the 
        side effects were not similar and as if they did not eat lives.</p>

      <p align="justify"><strong>Natural alternatives to Luvox: </strong>What 
        bothers me most about Luvox is that there are completely natural alternatives 
        to drugs like these that few people know of or use. I recommend using 
        <a href="../../alternative/5htp.htm">5HTP</a> instead of taking chances 
        with drugs like Luvox. Today Luvox itslef is not being manufactured, but 
        a generic version of Luvox is. Some of the SSRI sisters to this drug are 
        bringing in billions of dollars a year.</p>
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